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1996 Southwest Conference women's basketball tournament

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1996 Southwest Conference women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams8
SiteMoody Coliseum
Dallas, Texas
ChampionsTexas A&M (1st title)
Winning coachCandi Harvey (1st title)
MVPAlicia Thompson (Texas Tech)
← 1995
1995–96 Southwest Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Texas 13 1   .929 21 9   .700
No. 9 Texas Tech 13 1   .929 27 5   .844
SMU 9 5   .643 19 11   .633
No. 25 Texas A&M 8 6   .571 20 12   .625
Rice 6 8   .429 13 14   .481
Houston 4 10   .286 12 16   .429
Baylor 3 11   .214 11 19   .367
TCU 0 14   .000 2 25   .074
1996 SWC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1996 Southwest Conference women's basketball tournament was held March 6–9, 1996, at Moody Coliseum in Dallas, Texas.[1]

Number 4 seed Texas A&M defeated 2 seed Texas Tech 72–68 to win their first championship and receive the conference's automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA tournament.

Texas Tech, SMU, and Texas received at-large bids for the NCAA tournament.

Format and seeding

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The tournament consisted of an 8 team single-elimination tournament. [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

Place Seed Team Conference Overall
W L % W L %
1
1
Texas
13
1
.929
21
9
.700
1
2
Texas Tech
13
1
.929
27
5
.844
3
3
SMU
9
5
.643
19
11
.633
4
4
Texas A&M
8
6
.571
20
12
.625
5
5
Rice
6
8
.429
13
14
.481
6
6
Houston
4
10
.286
12
16
.429
7
7
Baylor
3
11
.214
11
19
.367
8
8
TCU
0
14
.000
2
25
.074

Tournament

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Quarterfinal
Wednesday, March 6
Semifinals
Friday, March 8
Finals
Saturday, March 9
         
1 Texas 109
8 TCU 78
1 Texas 61
4 Texas A&M 75
4 Texas A&M 91
5 Rice 63
4 Texas A&M 72
2 Texas Tech 68
3 SMU 76
6 Houston 81
6 Houston 75
2 Texas Tech 77
2 Texas Tech 90
7 Baylor 79

References

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  1. ^ "2018-19 Women's Basketball Fact Book" (PDF). Texas Sports. pp. 80–86. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
  2. ^ "2018-19 Women's Basketball Fact Book" (PDF). Texas Sports. pp. 80–86. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
  3. ^ "2019-20 Texas Tech Lady Raider Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Texas Tech Red Raiders. pp. 91–95. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
  4. ^ "2018-19 SMU Women's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). SMU Mustangs. pp. 45–45. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
  5. ^ "2018-19 Texas A&M Women's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Texas A&M Aggies. pp. 104–106. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
  6. ^ "2019-20 Rice Women's Basketball Fact Book" (PDF). Rice Owls. pp. 90–95. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
  7. ^ "Houston 2019-20 Women's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Houston Cougars. pp. 130–133. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
  8. ^ "2019-2020 Baylor Women's Basketball Media Almanac" (PDF). Baylor Bears. pp. 132–132. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
  9. ^ "2019-20 TCU Women's Basketball Fact Book" (PDF). TCU Horned Frogs. pp. 88–88. Retrieved November 27, 2019.